WESTERN BIRDS Nuthatch 



if the three worked, each one in turn came out, tossed 

 away the chips, turned completely around, and went 

 back into the hole. Sometimes two would be inside at 

 once, at other times two would be outside at the same 

 time and they kept up an incessant chattering to each 

 other as they worked. 



"After fifteen or twenty minutes of ceaseless industry 

 each little bird, in turn, flew away with a fat grub in 

 its bill and the nature of the quarrel was explained; quite 

 evidently the Creeper had invaded the feeding ground of 

 the Nuthatches." 



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